industrial psychology

1. 1.

   any of several branches of psychology that seek to apply psychological principles to practical problems of education or industry or marketing etc.

   Synonymsapplied psychology

   Broaderpsychology

Questions about industrial psychology

What does industrial psychology mean?

industrial psychology means "any of several branches of psychology that seek to apply psychological principles to practical problems of education or industry or marketing etc.".

What is another word for industrial psychology?

Close synonyms include applied psychology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is industrial psychology a common word?

industrial psychology is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.